De Jong's pair and Diego Carlos' winning goal set up a 2-3 win for the Andalusian club over Inter in the final • Sixth win in its history at the continent's secondary factory
When Sevilla reach the Europa League final, it almost always ends in a title. And so it happened tonight (Friday) at the Reinergy Stadium in Cologne, Germany, when they defeated Inter Milan 2: 3 and won the second most important trophy on the continent for the sixth time in its history. It happened in the final where we got a psychic first half, with four goals and a makeover.
It started with a successful penalty from Romalo Lukaku, who scored from the penalty spot in the fifth minute after failing in the box. Jolo Luftaghi's team came out of the shock pretty quickly and responded with a quick and deadly pair of blows from Dutch striker Luc de Jong (33,12), who set up a reversal for the Andalusian club.
Antonio Conte's Inter also showed character when they returned to the game after just three minutes with a goal by the "elderly" Uruguayan striker Diego Godin, who closed out a deadly half.
It was clear to everyone that the players of both teams could not provide such a dizzying pace of play even in the second half. Despite losing the injured and injured Lucas Ocampus (69), Sevilla managed to find a new hero for this evening. His name is Diego Carlos, and in the 74th minute he turned Aber Benga's free kick (in a great game) into a winning goal, and more in the barbershop.
Conte brought Alexis Sanchez off the bench, but the Chilean striker missed a great opportunity to equalize (81).
At the end, 2: 3 is justified for Sevilla, which won the sixth European Cup in its history (UEFA Cup + Europa League) and made its coach Julen Luftaghi finally smile, after two years of disappointments from the dismissals at Real Madrid and before that from the national team, just before the start of the World Cup. 2018.